The easy to use format first classifies jewelry by section — fine antique, 1800 to 1920; modern, 1920 to present day; and costume — and then organizes jewelry alphabetically by type, such as bracelets, necklaces, watch chains, etc. A special sub-section on jewelry sets is also included.

Lists 3,500 pieces — from the unique to the everyday — with current values for each plus detailed descriptions that note important condition factors.

The 12th edition is crammed with new additions, with virtually every known piece of carnival glass evaluated. There are also hundreds of photos to aid in identification. Listed alphabetically by pattern name are over 6,500 pieces of this ever-popular carnival glass, featuring updated values, company names, sizes, and colors. This handy, dependable resource is perfect for collectors and dealers to carry along on their searches.

You get extensive lists and prices for all important, popular basketball card sets from 1933 to 1997.PMost card series listed picture a front and back shot of a representative cardPIncludes values for every individual card and complete set listing in three condition gradesPChecklist-like listing of every card in the setPComplete description includes card features and composition of set

There are special features on military bikes, road and racing motorcycles, and Cafe Racers. Each motorcycle has a complete price range description and date of manufacture. 1,500 photos, with 360 in full color.

Includes thousands of albums not listed in other price guides.

Profusely illustrated, this book provides descriptions of design and typography, years of manufacture, and values.

Featuring general memorabilia primarily from 1966 to 1972, this comprehensive guide also includes pre-Monkees items involving the individual band members.

With 2,000 gas pumps, including many never-before-seen illustrations and secondary market pricing, featured in a clear and concise format, there is no doubt why this book is the top choice for anyone with an appreciation for petroliana.

Listed alphabetically by manufacturer, this new edition covers 100 years of pumps through detailed listings including production information, company history and fun facts about pump operations.

Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2007: Guide 2007 (antique Trader Antiques And Collectibles Price Guide)

Collectibles Market Guide & Price Index (collectibles Market Guide And Price Index)

Miller’s 2002 Collectors Cars: Yearbook & Price Guide (Miller’s Collectors Cars Yearbook and Price Guide, 2002)

Warman’s Flea Market Price Guide (Warman’s Flea Market Price Guide, 3rd Ed)

Antique Trader Ceramics: Pottery & Porcelain Price Guide (Antique Trader Pottery and Porcelain Ceramics Price Guide, 4th Ed)

Fenton Art Glass Patterns 1939-1980: Identification & Value Guide (fenton Art Glass)

The Complete Guide to Shirley Temple Dolls and Collectibles is the most accurate and informative book on Shirley Temple memorabilia ever produced. Featuring gorgeous color photographs, detailed descriptions, and current values, the book covers more than 1,000 Shirley Temple items.

Separated into easy-to-read sections, this guide has something for every Shirley Temple fan. The composition section identifies every known Ideal Shirley Temple doll outfit made in the 1930s, foreign Shirley Temple dolls, and look-a-likes.

A complete listing of dolls and outfits spanning the 1950s through the present can be found in the vinyl and porcelain sections. The chapter on paper products includes paper dolls, books, activity sets, sheet music, movie posters, lobby cards, trading cards, and even cigar bands. The large assortment of chil-dren’s dresses, purses, hats, hair bows, and jewelry available throughout the 1930s, 1950s, and 1980s is presented in the clothing and accessories section. Interesting facts about the history behind the dolls and collectibles is also provided, and differences between original and reproduction memorabilia are discussed. Tips are offered for making dolls look their best, and a unique chapter on the importance of Shirley Temple to different generations of fans rounds out the book.

Sweet Sue, Betsy McCall, Tiny Tears, Little Ricky, Whimsies, Toni, Toodles, and Tressy, American Character’s most popular dolls, are known for their high quality construction and beautiful clothing.

Over 1,000 full-color photos cover the entire line of over 100 dolls produced, from composition to vinyl. Dolls and their fashions are depicted, with captions listing the year the doll was produced, marks, description, and current collector value. A brief history of the company is included, as well as a helpful index.

This second volume picks up where the first left off in the identification and illustration of hundreds of glass candlesticks. Covering pieces made by 15 different American companies, alphabetically from Fostoria to Jefferson Glass.

More than 800 color photographs and catalog reprints from old trade journals and advertisements light up the book. Each chapter includes a history of the factory and information about production colors and trademarks used.

Every candlestick is described with dimensions, production dates, known colors, information on reissues and reproductions, the current location of the mold, as well as current values.

This volume will be of particular interest to collectors of Heisey, Hobbs Brockunier, Imperial, Jeannette, and Indiana Glass. A well-illustrated appendix on identifying toy candlesticks, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography round out the book. A unique feature is an illustrated index which includes thumbnail photographs of all of the candlesticks in Volume 2.

Fountain pen fanatics will thoroughly enjoy this easy-to-use guide. Discussions include building your collection, storage and display, refurbishing and repair, paper and inks, and valuing your pens.

Covering a wide variety of vintage toys from the past 90 years, this newly expanded reference features 17,000 toys and more than 51,000 prices in up to four grades of condition. 16-page color section. 3,700 b&w photos.

Many new color photographs showcasing thousands of machine-made and contemporary marbles have been added to make this book an even bigger Big Book of Marbles.

This third edition brings marble collectors even more information, with added discussion on marbles at auctions, art glass and new comics, and listings of marble clubs. Grist has also drawn from one of his other books, Machine-Made & Contemporary Marbles, for this new edition. Now with almost 400 large, detailed full-color photographs, this book is the essential resource for the marble collector.

Fifty new shots have been added to the 400 detailed color photographs, and over 1,000 marbles produced by West Virginia companies have been identified for this new edition. The author enlisted the help of knowledgeable historian Ron Shepherd, co-founder and past president of the West Virginia Marble Collector’s Club for this volume.

– Full-color photos of the entire collection, including Tender Tails RMBR– Up-to-date secondary market values for each year markBR– An in-depth look at the Precious Moments RM ChapelBR– A special feature on the creative forces behind Precious Moments RM

This book showcases ABC plates, mugs, cups, and more in nearly 700 color pictures. It features 39 chapters of English Staffordshire and includes American plates, German hard paste, tin, and glass. 1998 values.

Roycroft Furniture & Collectibles: Identification & Value Guide (identification And Value Guide)

Collectors Value Guide Ty Beanie Babies: Collector Handbook and Price Guide Summer 1998 (Collector’s Value Guide Ty Beanie Babies)

Collector’s Value Guide Ty Plush Animals: Secondary Market Price Guide and Collector Handbook (Collector’s Value Guide Ty Plush Animals)

More than 50,000 autograph values-15,000 names in all-make this a must-have for any autograph collector. Includes accurate pricing in all key autograph categories, informative insight into market trends, and hundreds of facsimile signature samples. A great value.

Collectible German Animals Value Guide, 1948-1968: An Identification And Price Guide To Steiff, Schuco, Hermann, And Other German Companies

Pokemon Collector’s Value Guide: Secondary Market Price Guide and Collector Handbook (Collector’s Value Guides)

Warman’s Hull Pottery: Identification And Value Guide (warman’s Hull Pottery: Identification & Value Guide)

Value Guide to Advertising Memorabilia

This much-needed guide, revised with up-to-the minute prices, illustrates over 2,000 pieces — that’s more pieces displayed than in any other book on this subject! The company name, pattern, shapes, and sizes are also offered. 1998 values.

This fun-filled book features over 1,000 full-color photos of monsters, show cars, aliens, and many more popular and obscure kits from the 1950s through 1970s. It provides basic and amusing information about the kits, and of course, current collector values.

Collecting Royal Copley Plus Royal Windsor & Spaulding: Indentification And Value Guide

Covering collectible glassware made after the Depression era, this is the only book available that deals exclusively with the handmade and mass-produced glassware from this period.

It is completely updated, featuring some original company catalog pages and six new patterns making a total of 136 patterns from Anniversary to Yorktown, with many of the most popular Fire-King patterns in between.

Each pattern is alphabetically listed, all known pieces in each pattern are described and priced, and 400 (around 185 are new) gorgeous color photographs showcase both common and very rare pieces. Once again all the pieces in the photographs are identified and cross-referenced with their listings. The Florences descriptive text offers insight into and evaluations of each pattern’s history, popularity, and value on today’s exciting collectibles market. 2008 values.

 Book I includes color photos, line drawings, and catalog reprints to aid in identifying each piece. Important facts, histories, dates, colors, sizes, and values are included, and the primary focus is the glassware made after 1960.

Book II features histories, dates, colors, sizes, and pattern details for over 475 patterns. Both books have 1997 values.

Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments: Secondary Market Price Guide & Collector Handbook (Collector’s Value Guide)

Everything one can imagine within the walls of a general store is now collectible. This identification and value guide features an interesting blend of lively and informative text with more than 500 knock-out color photos of store fixtures, showcases, advertising items, patent medicines, coffee mills, and more.

The Hazel-Atlas Company was established in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1902 as a result of the merger of the Hazel Glass Company and the neighboring Atlas Glass and Metal Company. Though its corporate offices were located in Wheeling, West Virginia, Hazel-Atlas factories produced machine-made pressed glass throughout the U.S., including Oakland, California; Buffalo, New York; and Ada, Oklahoma.

Cathy and Gene Florence, America s leading glassware authorities, have produced a second edition of their popular title devoted to Hazel-Atlas glass. Loaded with hundreds of new pieces and color photographs, the book still retains its organization by categories (children’’s dishes, tumblers, food containers, patterns, mugs, bowls, plates, syrups), making it easy for readers to locate items. A handy index is a nice new addition to the book.

Restaurant china brings a hint of nostalgia of pre-freeway vacations, when dining out was a big event for people. Alphabetical topmark lists, 690 color photos, and logo illustrations are included. This book covers the history behind the china and its use.

North American Indian Artifacts: A Collector’s Identification And Value Guide (north American Indian Artifacts)

Commemorative Coca-Cola bottles hold a special appeal because of the variety of subjects displayed on the bottles — festivals, Christmas, anniversaries, sporting events, national companies and more. This second edition is completely revised and updated to include the latest bottles. Over 1,000 commemorative Coca-Cola bottles from 1980 to the present are showcased in full-color photographs.

Complete alphabetical and manufacturer indexes to both eight-ounce and ten-ounce bottles help the collector quickly locate his bottle and evaluate it. The photos are accompanied by complete descriptions, dates, and current collector values. Grab a Coca-Cola Commemorative Bottles 2nd Edition and a smile!

Vintage & Contemporary Purse Accessories is devoted exclusively to lipstick tubes, purse mirrors, and solid perfumes. It includes an extensive list of American and European manufacturers, original vintage ads, patents, historical information, a bibliography, index, and more. Over 800 purse items shown in color. 1997 values.

Shawnee Pottery: The Full Encyclopedia With Value Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Modern Collectible Dolls: Identification and Value Guide (Modern Collectible Dolls, 6th ed)

Collecting Head Vases: Identification And Value Guide